Norra- Rage, Finn, R2 Astromech
Ahsoka-VI, Captured Tie, Sabine masterpiece, Inspiring Recruit

Captain Rex

Leaves me with 29 points. What the hell do I use?

I think raging Norra is wonderfully mean: however, with the recruit not on her, its an obvious choice to target Ahsoka first, because then Norra is doomed. And there are enough ps9s these days to make that an issue. While the extra blank is tempting, I'd put the recruit on Norra herself and give her R7-T1 (for a little repositioning) or M9-G8 (you lock someone of higher PS and force them to reroll before you spend your lock for the extra eye), give Ahsoka Kanan or Rey, and throw in Biggs with R2-D2/IA to ensure that Norra surivives long enough to be worth it.

Biggs with R4-D6 and up Norra's mech to something useful, probably R2D2. BUt you do face two major issues, 1 being that you're not getting much use out of Norra's ability (unless you're planning on her TLing for her action than Raging at start of round via Ahsoka I guess) and 2 being that this Norra even with R2 is nowhere near as strong a 1-on-1 closer as PTL Norra, even if you do upgrade to R2D2. Noty being able to get focus/TL of your own accord brings your damage mitigation WAY down.

On 6/29/2017 at 10:14 AM, thespaceinvader said:

Biggs with R4-D6 and up Norra's mech to something useful, probably R2D2. BUt you do face two major issues, 1 being that you're not getting much use out of Norra's ability (unless you're planning on her TLing for her action than Raging at start of round via Ahsoka I guess) and 2 being that this Norra even with R2 is nowhere near as strong a 1-on-1 closer as PTL Norra, even if you do upgrade to R2D2. Noty being able to get focus/TL of your own accord brings your damage mitigation WAY down.

What? Yes, norra Rages off of Ahsoka, taking a target lock with her action. R2 astro gives Norra a green turn to follow up and continue hammering whatever ship she wants to shoot at. finn with rage and the target lock with Norras ability means that I am throwing fully modified 5 to 6 die attacks every round. The Green turn allows me to remove stress as I go with the Inspiring recruit clearing both stress from rage. This hits harder and is far more accurate than a PTL Norra which still needs to some how turn while removing stress. The problem with ptl Norra and this happens every time I face off against her, she rolls 1 to 2 blanks. So having a target lock focus is giving me generally the same result whether or not I used her ability. Hardly worth the points you need to invest in Norra. Mine is a Norra that will die but treated like a Fenn Rau. Her sole purpose in life is to get one to three shots off and wreck faces throwing 5 to 6 hits that based on average of focus and 3 rerolls should give me predominantly full hits every time.

On 6/29/2017 at 9:14 AM, thespaceinvader said:

Biggs with R4-D6 and up Norra's mech to something useful, probably R2D2. BUt you do face two major issues, 1 being that you're not getting much use out of Norra's ability (unless you're planning on her TLing for her action than Raging at start of round via Ahsoka I guess) and 2 being that this Norra even with R2 is nowhere near as strong a 1-on-1 closer as PTL Norra, even if you do upgrade to R2D2. Noty being able to get focus/TL of your own accord brings your damage mitigation WAY down.

You could also just take Biggs with R2-D2 and Integrated Astro. Makes him even more annoying and hard to kill!

That being said, I'd rather take Tycho Celchu with Chardaan, A-Wing Test Pilot, Rage, Experimental Interface, and Veteran Instincts.

Cassian Andor with Collision detector, inspiring recruit and Draw their fire

If not Biggs, Jess Pava with M9-G8 and Integrated Astromech is 28 points.